A summary of my position so far. ... I have indicated in previous posts that digits and symbols, as numbers, are not necessarily odd or even, finite or infinite, discrete or non-discrete, ordered or not ordered. ... Whether such descriptions are of properties which arise as a consequence of digits being expressed in particular applications, or whether these are not properties but instead refer to stand-alone ontological elements I have not entirely determined. ... What distinguishes this position from my own idea of a unique ontology of numbers is that in my view there is no universal framework in which all number ontologies and their applications must manifest. ... (sci.logic)
Re: A summary of my position so far. ...Digits and symbols ARE NOT numbers. ... There is ZERO *necessity* of any particular symbol ...applications, so that is meaningless. ... number ontologies and their applications must manifest. ... (sci.logic)
Re: IEEE Decimal Float on Itanium ... Having it back in hardware might allow COBOL applications to see a performance increase. ... particular here requiring integer values larger than, say, quadwords?"... gives us 31 digits) was adequated for the task. ... (comp.os.vms)
Re: Uniform point picking on a hexagon ... by truncating a random number you lose ... are introduced in the least significant digits.... but for those applications in which information ... you might find completely artificial correlations.... (sci.math.num-analysis)
